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CVE-2012-6655

Published: 27 November 2019

An issue exists AccountService 0.6.37 in the user_change_password_authorized_cb() function in user.c which could let a local users obtain encrypted passwords.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
accountsservice
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal
Released (0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.7)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy
Released (22.07.5-2ubuntu1.5)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
lucid Does not exist

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
mantic Not vulnerable
(23.13.9-2ubuntu2)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Needed

upstream Needs triage

utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Needed

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/commit/4fde420a7b25d1a54bdb4e4ade67770a5ac79d02

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N